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Post by vgaddict on Jul 11, 2022 13:35:47 GMT -5
I haven't watched any of Season 13. How is it?
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Post by Diet Kolos on Jul 11, 2022 13:41:52 GMT -5
Hard to say less than halfway through, but I'll use some comparisons.
So far, its easily better than Season 12 by a country mile.
The best episodes of this season aren't as good as the best of Season 11, but the worst episodes aren't anywhere near as bad as the worst of Season 11, either.
The "average" episode to this point might be better than the "average" episode of Season 11.
I'm not sure how helpful that is.
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Post by BoB3K on Jul 11, 2022 13:45:07 GMT -5
Another thing to point out, as I don't know if you're up to speed on the new season is that there are THREE different riff groups-- the season 11,12 group with Jonah; a new group made up of people from the touring group, including Emily as a new host and new crow and tom, crow being voiced by a woman; and finally, Joel hosting two eps, with Emily's bots (with a cameo by Josh for a bit of Tom) [corrected per majorjoe23].
Needless to say, thoughts and feelings about all of that are spread over the whole spectrum of like, love, hate.
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Post by majorjoe23 on Jul 11, 2022 15:24:16 GMT -5
Another thing to point out, as I don't know if you're up to speed on the new season is that there are THREE different riff groups-- the season 11,12 group with Jonah; a new group made up of people from the touring group, including Emily as a new host and new crow and tom, crow being voiced by a woman; and finally, Joel hosting two eps, with the bots voiced by Jonah's bots. Small correction: Joel has Emily’s bots, with J Elvis filling in for Tom Servo for about half the episode.
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Post by demoniclambertobava on Jul 12, 2022 7:43:41 GMT -5
I haven't watched any of Season 13. How is it? Good.
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Post by kmorgan on Jul 12, 2022 11:58:50 GMT -5
I have a question: with Trace & Frank doing a new riff on "Mr. B Natural" tonight, I thought I heard that Kinga & Max would be riffing on it later this year. Is this true, or do I need some serious therapy? Or is it both?
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Post by monkeypretzel on Jul 12, 2022 15:05:29 GMT -5
I have a question: with Trace & Frank doing a new riff on "Mr. B Natural" tonight, I thought I heard that Kinga & Max would be riffing on it later this year. Is this true, or do I need some serious therapy? Or is it both? I think it's a rumor based on two things, the first being the concept ticket art for the Gizmoplex that was shown in the Kickstarter. One of the tickets, for a "Festival of Shorts" has a blurb "Plus Premiere of Kinga and Max's riff on Mr. B Natural." I always thought that was just a joke based on the end of Season 12, but who knows? The second thing is that apparently during the Hobgoblins Tribute event mention was made of a short being re-riffed for Season 13, or at least I've found comments about a re-riff on the Discourse Forum that seem to trace back to that post show. I do hope that Trace and Frank do the full version of Mr. B that RiffTrax did, and not an edit, but I wouldn't be surprised or too disappointed if it is cut down.
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Post by kmorgan on Jul 19, 2022 11:38:50 GMT -5
I have a question: with Trace & Frank doing a new riff on "Mr. B Natural" tonight, I thought I heard that Kinga & Max would be riffing on it later this year. Is this true, or do I need some serious therapy? Or is it both? I think it's a rumor based on two things, the first being the concept ticket art for the Gizmoplex that was shown in the Kickstarter. One of the tickets, for a "Festival of Shorts" has a blurb "Plus Premiere of Kinga and Max's riff on Mr. B Natural." I always thought that was just a joke based on the end of Season 12, but who knows? The second thing is that apparently during the Hobgoblins Tribute event mention was made of a short being re-riffed for Season 13, or at least I've found comments about a re-riff on the Discourse Forum that seem to trace back to that post show. I do hope that Trace and Frank do the full version of Mr. B that RiffTrax did, and not an edit, but I wouldn't be surprised or too disappointed if it is cut down. Near as I could tell, it was the full version, but the print quality wasn't as good. Great riffs, though.
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Post by Megalon on Sept 7, 2022 21:51:57 GMT -5
I tried one episode but couldn't get into it. I might try another one later, but I'm not expecting much.
I think it's the rotating cast that killed my interest in the show, oddly enough. I'm not sure why, but it just doesn't feel like MST3k anymore.
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Post by BoB3K on Sept 11, 2022 23:09:40 GMT -5
I think it's the rotating cast that killed my interest in the show, oddly enough. I'm not sure why, but it just doesn't feel like MST3k anymore. I liked the feel of the original and that included them sticking to the theme of Joel being stuck in space with his robot pals and Dr F and Erhardt and Frank being mad scientists. They really didn't ever break the fourth wall* and stayed true to character and plot. Even if you didn't love the skits, the feel bled through into the movie watching / riffing experience. At least that was my feeling. Even when Mike came in, they wrote it into the plot and played to it like a plot development of a real show. The whole replaceable cast and now rotating cast gives it a cardboard feel almost like the whole thing is just a throwaway contrivance. *they actually didn't have a fourth wall, the plot was that they were on a show that was being broadcast. talking to us was part of the plot and it was the characters talking to us. fun.
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Post by Troy's Dad on Sept 30, 2022 9:49:45 GMT -5
Why has MST3K Info not posted any news about new episodes or events for Season 13? Is the owner really upset over the reboot or something? It has really hurt their cred in the fan community in my eyes, they used to be a source for info and now it's just "who died today" and "Rifftrax has a new short". Like, the fact that they can be bothered to news a 4 minute short about buying a car tells me they have some level of attachment to goings ons, so it just baffles me that they are not newsing RELEASE DATES for NEW MST3K. What a joke.
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Post by BoB3K on Sept 30, 2022 12:29:58 GMT -5
Why has MST3K Info not posted any news about new episodes or events for Season 13? Is the owner really upset over the reboot or something? You might have answered your own question, there. I really don't go over there at all cuz it's pretty bland news and I don't like their setup for forumming, but did they cover 11 and 12 or is this new to 13?
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Season 13.
Sept 30, 2022 12:36:07 GMT -5
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Post by Diet Kolos on Sept 30, 2022 12:36:07 GMT -5
Why has MST3K Info not posted any news about new episodes or events for Season 13? Is the owner really upset over the reboot or something? It has really hurt their cred in the fan community in my eyes, they used to be a source for info and now it's just "who died today" and "Rifftrax has a new short". Like, the fact that they can be bothered to news a 4 minute short about buying a car tells me they have some level of attachment to goings ons, so it just baffles me that they are not newsing RELEASE DATES for NEW MST3K. What a joke. Sampo, the the guy that runs it, is a bit of a curmudgeon. Met him briefly at the Rifftrax MST reunion thing, didn't seem too friendly and seemed annoyed to be there. Wouldn't surprise me if he just didn't want to put in the effort until after the season is fully released.
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Post by majorjoe23 on Sept 30, 2022 13:28:03 GMT -5
Why has MST3K Info not posted any news about new episodes or events for Season 13? Is the owner really upset over the reboot or something? You might have answered your own question, there. I really don't go over there at all cuz it's pretty bland news and I don't like their setup for forumming, but did they cover 11 and 12 or is this new to 13? They did discussion posts for Seasons 11 and 12. With 11 they essentially started the first one the week the season premiered, then did them weekly after that. If I'm remembering right, the discussion posts for season 12 started a few weeks after the season was posted. So perhaps they're waiting until after season 13 is done, but it seems pretty telling that they don't at least have "There's a new episode out today, post your thoughts below" posts.
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Post by Troy's Dad on Sept 30, 2022 15:06:43 GMT -5
You might have answered your own question, there. I really don't go over there at all cuz it's pretty bland news and I don't like their setup for forumming, but did they cover 11 and 12 or is this new to 13? They did discussion posts for Seasons 11 and 12. With 11 they essentially started the first one the week the season premiered, then did them weekly after that. If I'm remembering right, the discussion posts for season 12 started a few weeks after the season was posted. So perhaps they're waiting until after season 13 is done, but it seems pretty telling that they don't at least have "There's a new episode out today, post your thoughts below" posts. I don't even recall them newsing that a Season 13 kickstarter was happening. I mean, dislike the new season all you like, it is NEW MST3K and to run a news site devoted to it and not news about it comes off as amateurish and a little childish if there is some weird grudge. Why even bother with the site if you aren't talking about a season as it is happening. Oh well.
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